These over-generalized and unchallenged assumptions about language behavior have spread far and wide in recent years, helped in large part by the internet. The project helmed by MMC students tests the validity of four language generalizations in the media by comparing them to the current state of linguistic research. The goal of the project is the development of a series of mini-lessons that we are presenting this term to an upper-level general education college course entitled Language and Culture.

“Our work thus contributes to the fight for human rights in terms of language rights,” the project abstract reads. “That is, the mission to have society value linguistic differences and understand the regularity of all accents and dialects.”